Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, pound cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Pound cake doesn't have to be complicated. This recipe calls for basic ingredients that you most likely have in your pantry. Bake this cake in an angel food or fluted tube cake pan, dust it with powdered sugar and voila, you have a perfect dessert!

Pound Cake is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Pound Cake is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook pound cake using 8 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Pound Cake:

1. Prepare 1 lb. butter (softened)
2. Prepare 2 1/4 cups sugar (split)
3. Get 8 eggs (split whites and yolks)
4. Get 2 tsp. vanilla
5. Get 2 tsp. almond extract
6. Prepare 1/3 cup. bourbon/whiskey
7. Prepare 3 cups. flour
8. Prepare Your choose of frosting

In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the applesauce, vanilla and lemon zest. Pound cake is a rich dessert traditionally made with a pound of butter, flour, eggs, and sugar.

Instructions to make Pound Cake:

1. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and 2 cups sugar until its a light yellow color. Gradually add in egg yolks. Mix in Bourbon, almond extract and vanilla to the mixture. Slowly add in flour.
2. In a separate bowl add egg whites and remaining sugar. Beat until stiff peaks. Fold in into batter.
3. Pour into a greased angel food cake pan. Cook at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Let cool and frost.

Consider it a blank slate for new, innovative flavor variations, including fruit-filled, chocolate, lemon, and sour cream. We've got a pound cake for every craving! I have been making this pound cake for years, with only small changes. Start with ROOM TEMPERATURE butter,(REAL butter) cream cheese and eggs which makes for easier mixing and a more creamy outcome, and using cake flour (cup for cup) gives it a more velvet type texture. While pound cake has traditionally been made with a pound each of butter, sugar, eggs, and flour, I've made some small adjustments for the best flavor (hello, vanilla extract!).

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